Houdini 20.5 Shelf tools

Emit Particle Fluid shelf tool

Emits fluid into a FLIP simulation.

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Overview

This tool can be used, for example, to simulate water continuously pouring out of a tub, bucket, or a watering can.

Using Emit Particle Fluid

  1. Create a geometry object in the shape you want to emit fluid.

  2. In the Particle Fluids shelf tab, click the Emit Particle Fluid tool.

  3. Select the geometry object to emit the fluid, then press Enter.

  4. If you have an existing FLIP object you want to add the new emitter to, select it and press Enter.

    Otherwise, just press Enter and the tool will create a new particle fluid object for you.

See also

Shelf tools

Using the shelf

  • Customize the shelf

    How to change the look of the shelf, change and rearrange its contents, and create your own shelf tools.

Technical